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Still playing, and will play for a long time too. If patches fix the big issues, even more so. Heck, I even play NFSPorche and NFSUG every now and then... (the ones completely forgotten are Carbon and Undercover).

Looks promising. Appears to be fixing quite a bit game mechanic issues. Hopefully they'll address the non-critical things next, like the vinyl system.

Ps. Car handling fixes just might "force" a restart if severe enough for me anyway... we'll see

And to not SLIDE.

Which isn't easy with no assist on.

Yup, most likely the 3870 wasn't available anymore. Good of them to replace it with an "equal within a series" card, though the card actually is quite a ways better.

Yes, it is a rare occasion.

Kudos to Rizur for the new "job".

Well admittedly I had to Google the acronym, but nevertheless I can safely say I've never had any trouble with the Rubber Makers Association. :lol: :lol: :lol: "A Return Merchandise Authorization or Return Material Authorization (RMA) is a transaction whereby the recipient of a product arrange...

Little over a month ago I rma'd an Asus EAH3870 graphics card (totally dud, pc didn't even start). I got the notice to pickup the replacement for it a few weeks back, but since it was on my older secondary machine I was in no hurry to pick it up. But I did today, and what do you know! The replacemen...

Yeah, that's close to what I do except I add to that the car tuning aspect of it. Driving a lap or two "slowly" and then increasingly faster to see how the car handles at the limits (understeer/oversteer/grip/ability to absorb bumbs), if the gear ratio is optimal (max top speed vs good acc...

I couldn't see how I would be able to push 7 minutes with this thing. Maybe there is something that can be done with this car tuning-wise that improves it greatly, I don't know... Most definitely, especially if you are using little or no assists (abs, tcs, etc). For example the TT (with no assists)...

Agreed. Doesn't matter how good ones controller is if one can't drive worth s#!t. but a bad controller (ie. keyboard) will limit even the most experienced "computer" driver. As far as milestones go, I've got nothing but milestones left since I'm only about 50% in to the game (level 27 atm)...

Indeed, but I was answering to a specific question (tt problems on bumpy sections). On the other hand. By definition, a good setup CANNOT be the same for all tracks if you really want to shave your lap times.

It can be tuned to compensate that.... Care to submit your setup ? Still looking for optimal, so not quite yet... But, to address instablity at bumbs and crests I suggest the following (for TT, perhaps for others aswell): Rule of thumb: softer springs give greater grip and a more forgiving chassis....

steelsnake00 wrote:The TT may be fastest, but on a track with lots of crests and dips it bottoms out, usually sending you spearing off into the armco.

It can be tuned to compensate that.... the default settings are far too snappy/low.

No dice, so far. Will keep trying... (I did post the old fashioned way though, it seems shift saves the uploaded pictures locally too in the game root folder)

Something wrong perhaps? When trying to import (Shift) I can see the thumbnails where I select what I want to import, but when I click I get an error:

Import a car from EA
Error cannot find your photo. Please restart the import process

Odd, since where did the thumbnail come from then????

Indeed. While racing, nothing. It actually helps too, being able to really hear engine revs, tire noise and what not to really push the limits.

That's just it. Winning isn't hard. Getting good looking, clean drift runs is. Agree about the assists; drifiting is the defintion of no-assist driving. Infact, having tried with stability control on, my force fb wheel kept fighting me all the time (you wan't to steer into the drift, wheel force wan...

True indeed. One can go all over the place just sliding uncontrollably and still win the event.

(Maybe the AI drifts like crap too )

I do wonder why EA made the drift mode so super sensitive/twitchy. Just for the fun of it, try drifting around a corner (with a car tuned for drifting) in normal race mode. Works like a charm, and is far more predictable than in the actual drift mode.

AMD Phenom X4 9850BE @2.8GHz, 8 GB RAM, 2x ATI 4850 Crossfire, Vista Business 64bit Running at 1920x1200 (Asus VW266H 26" LCD) 2xAA, all other settings maxed. Runs flawless for the most part, but there are few spots on various tracks where the game lags noticeably for a second or two. There doe...

Yup, worked fine for me too (with 1.3 installed).

Resolution hack also works... The game looks pretty good on a 42" Full-HD TV at 1920x1080.

A welcome addition, but atleast my persona id url is a little different from the example, thus not recognized as valid.

My id url is:

http://www.needforspeed.com/web/nfs/myn ... 2289082561

EDIT: Nevermind, I was placing it in the wrong place (edit profile)

Hmm, haven't tried it but I could see if it works on my MCE (which runs 7 ultimate rtm). I'll get back to you.

I would also add that a proper controller plays a big role in this game mode. As throttle control is the Key to drifting it means this game mode is all but unplayable if one doesn't have an analog controller (pad or pedals) for throttle. Other game modes are more tolerable, but drifting...is unforgi...

That's normally if the problem's persistent though? This was a one off, but i still worried. True. Most likely just a random boot time failure that caused the cmos settings to corrupt (even a single bit of difference in the cmos data will render the checksum invalid), which then kicks in the "...